Thomas Samuel Ashe is being honored with a highway historical marker. Ashe was a practicing lawyer and legislative member of both the United States Congress and the Confederate States of America Congress. Ashe failed to win his gubernatorial race against William Holden in 1868, but remained active in public life until his death in 1887.

Ruziski is the largest book binder in the southeastern United States and a storied company located in Greensboro, N.C. Ruziski started in eastern Europe in 1758 but transferred to North Carolina and built a plant for restoration or binding. Ruziski varies in customers and charges but the work remains similar to its original requirements. The company has even opened another plant in Baltimore as the business thrives.